Kathe Wallace Course Bundle
On-Demand Courses
21.75 contact hours
Included Courses:
- Pelvic Floor Support Systems: Advanced Anatomy, Assessment & Treatment for Prolapse & Parous Populations
- Pressure, Posture, and Performance: An Approach to Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Advance your pelvic health practice with Kathe Wallace’s signature Course Bundle, a comprehensive package that blends whole‑body, movement‑based strategies with precise pelvic‑specific evaluation skills. Together, these two courses offer 21.75 contact hours of evidence‑informed training and a clear framework for understanding how external drivers and internal support systems interact to shape pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). Bundle and save 15% while gaining a powerful, integrated approach you can apply immediately.
13.25 Contact Hours
This intermediate to advanced pelvic health continuing education course is designed for clinicians who want a deeper, clearer understanding of pelvic organ prolapse, postpartum support changes, and treatment including pessary‑related clinical decision‑making. You will learn to recognize factors that influence treatment success—including levator ani (LA) avulsion, fascial support deficits, and overall support system integrity.
Through clear, step‑by‑step lectures and examination videos, you’ll learn internal vaginal evaluation techniques for anterior, posterior, and apical prolapse. The course covers assessment of perineocele, enterocele, LA avulsion, and POP‑Q landmarks, along with how to visualize support changes using a ½ speculum. You’ll also explore breathing, posture, and abdominal wall assessments to evaluate intra‑abdominal pressure (IAP) management.
Clinicians leave with a stronger, more precise framework for prolapse assessment and improved confidence in vaginal myofascial examination and treatment.
Upon completion of the web-based learning curriculum the participant will be able to:
- Identify three vaginal fascial and levator hiatus support structures that can contribute to Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (PFD).
- Describe two fascial structures in each of Delancey’s three levels of pelvic support.
- List three modifiable conditions that may affect the findings of a vaginal fascial examination.
- Locate and palpate common levator ani injury/avulsion sites (including ATLA, ATFP, ATRV) and state the expected depth and internal landmarks for each site.
- Outline and perform the four-step digital levator ani injury/avulsion examination and interpret key positive and negative findings.
- Explain the seven internal vaginal and two external POP-Q points and demonstrate correct technique for ½‑speculum fascial assessment and external POP-Q measurement (gh, pb).
- Analyze internal and external examination findings to differentiate between muscular, fascial, and support-related contributors to pelvic floor dysfunction, including levator ani avulsion, perineocele, enterocele, anterior, posterior and apical descent.
- Evaluate and formulate differential diagnoses from functional assessment data and apply evidence-based clinical decision-making to select conservative management, pessary fitting, or referral to medical/surgical specialists.
- Differentiate types of pelvic organ prolapse presentations and formulate appropriate conservative management strategies, including criteria for pessary candidacy.
- Evaluate the evidence comparing pessary use combined with lifestyle and movement‑based interventions versus pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) alone and justify individualized management decisions by recommending when to incorporate pessary therapy alongside exercise and lifestyle strategies.
- Describe three abdominal wall evaluation/treatment methods relevant to PFD and apply findings to IAP management during functional activities.
- Summarize four breathing and vocalization strategies (including principles of the Hypopressive technique) and integrate appropriate approaches into individualized treatment plans.
- Apply postural, IAP, and motor control strategies to design functional progressions that support activity retraining for postpartum and athletic clients.
- Develop individualized care plans that synthesize fascial exam findings, levator ani injury assessment, breathing/postural evaluation, and evidence-informed treatment to optimize pelvic floor support and client activity goals.
- Formulate evidence-based clinical decisions regarding conservative management, pessary use, or referral to medical or surgical specialists based on differential diagnosis and functional assessment outcomes.
10 Contact Hours
Pressure, Posture, and Performance: An Approach to Pelvic Floor Dysfunction — will give you a powerful lens for understanding how movement, posture, breath mechanics, and other remote drivers influence pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). This course challenges familiar assumptions, fills key gaps in traditional practice patterns, and strengthens your clinical reasoning with a clear, evidence‑based framework for managing intra‑abdominal pressure (IAP).
If you’ve ever felt limited in your evaluation or treatment options, or sensed that external factors were contributing to PFD in ways you couldn’t fully evaluate or treat this course will expand your perspective. You’ll learn how remote drivers such as alignment, movement quality, breath mechanics, abdominal wall strategies, and muscle activation patterns interact to shape symptoms and performance. This whole‑body approach integrates seamlessly into ortho, sports, geriatric, and pelvic health settings.
This course is ideal for clinicians who want a deeper understanding of the external mechanisms that contribute to PFD, who value lifelong learning, and who are ready to fine-tune their skills to better support patients across ortho, sports, geriatric, and pelvic health settings.
⭐ Knowledge You’ll Gain
- A clear, in‑depth understanding of intra‑abdominal pressure (IAP) and the four technique‑based elements that influence pressure
- Improved skill in manual evaluation of diaphragm breathing and its role in PFD
- Training in progressive glottal control phonations and how to integrate them with movement and exercise
- Practical strategies for patient education, including how to cue breath patterns for Valsalva vs. strain (bearing down)
- A deeper understanding of the relationship between posture and IAP
- Insight into abdominal wall musculoskeletal activation patterns that affect pressure regulation
- Performance‑oriented strategies for active and athletic clients
- Lifetime access to online curriculum.
- Detailed pelvic floor fascial anatomy reading/study module and quiz
- Printable Clinical Guides, Patient Education Handout, Slide Shows, and Literature Reviews
- Screening questionnaire for pelvic floor dysfunction in female athletes
- Course comments and questions answered weekly by Kathe
Continuing education requirements for physical therapist licensure are determined by individual state licensing boards and vary by state. Some jurisdictions do not require pre-approval of continuing education activities, while others may allow licensees to submit courses for consideration through an individual review or petition process. It is the responsibility of each licensee to verify current requirements and the applicability of any continuing education activity with their state licensing board.
About the Instructor
Kathe Wallace, PT, Pelvic Resources
Kathe Wallace, PT, is an internationally recognized clinician, author, and educator specializing in pelvic floor and pelvic health rehabilitation. She is known for her clear, practical teaching style and her ability to translate complex concepts into effective clinical strategies. In 2023 she received the Academy of Pelvic Health Elizabeth Noble Award for her contributions to pelvic health physical therapy education.
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Non-Member Price: $739.50
